Impact of insecticides on garden butterflies and bumblebees
Large scale impact of pesticides on butterflies and bumblebees in private gardens in France.
Bordeaux mixture
Bordeaux mix is a treatment that is allowed in organic farming. This copper-based mixture treats against fungus.
Black spot disease, diagnose and treat it naturally
Black spot disease is a plant sickness where black or brown spots appear on leaves. It impacts many trees, but usually doesn’t cause critical
Grapevine, producing nice bunches of grapes
Grapevine is a beautiful fruit vine, offering us grapes at the end of summer.
Photinia black spot disease – treat and protect against spots
Photinia shrubs sometimes catch a fungus called Photinia leaf spot or black spot. Leaves are dotted with black spots that slowly spread
Phytophthora disease on plants? Here’s what to know and do about it.
Phytophthora is a word used to describe more than just a single disease. The term refers to many different plant pathologies which have more or less severe impacts (crown rot, mildew, ink disease, etc.) It’s more accurate to use the phrase “phytophthora diseases”.
Downy mildew, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it
Famous for being vineyard owners’ #1 enemy, downy mildew is a constant threat to grape harvests. This blight also threatens certain other vegetables from the vegetable patch such as tomato and potato, too.
Gardening by the moon, why it works and planting tips
Gardening by the moon, sure! But how? And why? Gardeners have always observed with fascination the impact of the moon on plants they were growing.
Rose tree diseases and how to treat them
Rose trees are most certainly among the most beautiful flower-bearing shrubs, but they are also among the most vulnerable to diseases.
Strawberry tree problems, Arbutus leaves with black spots on leaves
A common problem with strawberry trees is spot anthracnose and black spot, but it isn’t the only one. Symptoms are the presence of brown spots with a red or purple
Spring garden tasks for each portion of the garden
Spring garden tasks start filling those days as they get longer and nature begins to stir… time for gardeners to get the ball rolling! Fresh sunny days are perfect for gardening after the long winter wait.
Peach leaf curl, how to treat it?
Peach leaf curl symptoms are waffled reddish leaves appearing on the peach tree. Preventive care is required to avoid it.
Scab, everything you need to know about it
A fungal disease that strikes terror in the heart of orchards, scab can be diagnosed when brown spots appear on fruits.
Black spots on maple leaves, treatment
This fungus impacts the leafage and forms black spots on the topside of maple tree leaves. Black fruiting pods may appear on these leaves,
Bordeaux mixture, an effective treatment
Bordeaux mixture is an effective fungus treatment authorized for use in organic farming.
European brown rot, rotting fruit, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease
European brown rot is a fungal disease caused by fungus that attacks fruit trees and can seriously impact harvests.
Organic treatments for your fruit trees
Do you have a garden with fruit trees and you’d like to get a bit more organic? Preserving and protecting nature is getting more and more attractive, most of all for our own dear little children.
Tomato blight, effective organic treatments against downy mildew
Tomato late blight is one of the most devastating diseases because downy mildew spreads extremely quickly.
Kill off diseases on fruit trees over winter with these treatments
Fall and Winter are the time to apply various treatments that will help eliminate parasites and fungus from fruit trees. This will reduce risk of disease in Spring.
Septoria, a leaf spot fungus destroying harvests – learn to destroy it instead!
Septoria is a species of fungus that infects vegetables, trees and ornamental plants. In some cases damage is insignificant, in others there’s no hope.
Canker, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it
Infecting most ornamental plants such as cypress, willow or fruit trees such as the peach tree, apricot tree or cherry tree, canker is a fungal disease that
Scab, avoiding the disease
Often called apple scab, this fungus is responsible for important damage to this fruit tree, but also to plum trees and pear trees.
Around the summer vegetable bed
If the summer is hot, watch over the vegetables in the patch and take up these easy and organic habits to ensure you get a proper harvest.
Tomatoes without diseases
Tomatoes are often infected with fungal diseases (related to mushrooms). A typical gardener’s first reaction is to blast the whole plant with chemicals.
